1956 Ford (Page 2): In your specific case, I would watch the brightest part of the subject -- the reflection on the left-rear of the car. Get that to be almost pure white. The rest...

Dogman Loc: Michigan

In your specific case, I would watch the brightest part of the subject -- the reflection on the left-rear of the car. Get that to be almost pure white. The rest will fall into place.

If the front of the car is still too dark while reflections approach pure white, then forget the reflections and clip them as well.[/quote]

Interesting,,,,I'll give this option a try next week if the same conditions exist.

Dogman

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Dogman wrote:

Snapped this evening, in the shade, towards a setting sun. ISO 200 , Shutter 1/640, F/3.5. Too dark with the back light. What could I have done different to bring out the Ford's colors. Did not bring my speed light. Hand held Canon T1i. Not looking for PP, just better techniques.

Dogman

If your hands are pretty steady you should be able to hand hold all the way down to 1/60th. Slow the shutter and let in more light = more exposed. I would have bracketed the shot +_ 1 stop.

Wanda Krack Loc: Tennessee, USA

Move in so that the car fills the frame, place camera on tripod and use about f-8 to f-11 and let the camera determine the speed. Shoot three shots, one under, one regular and one over-exposed. You could try both spot metering with three shots and matrix metering with three shots and see what you get. I remember this old car also, and this is my favorite color!!

Dogman Loc: Michigan

Dogman[/quote]

If your hands are pretty steady you should be able to hand hold all the way down to 1/60th. Slow the shutter and let in more light = more exposed. I would have bracketed the shot +_ 1 stop.[/quote]

Thanks Jeep - I'll try but next time I'll bring my mono as it will help steady the camera. Your up early for the Left Coast!

Dogman

queencitysanta Loc: Charlotte, North Carolina

My first car.

Dogman Loc: Michigan

Wanda Krack wrote:

Move in so that the car fills the frame, place camera on tripod and use about f-8 to f-11 and let the camera determine the speed. Shoot three shots, one under, one regular and one over-exposed. You could try both spot metering with three shots and matrix metering with three shots and see what you get. I remember this old car also, and this is my favorite color!!

Thanks Wanda -

Dogman

katbandit Loc: new york city

Dogman wrote:

Snapped this evening, in the shade, towards a setting sun. ISO 200 , Shutter 1/640, F/3.5. Too dark with the back light. What could I have done different to bring out the Ford's colors. Did not bring my speed light. Hand held Canon T1i. Not looking for PP, just better techniques.

Dogman

i hope you don't mind that i cropped this ..i love old cars and if i were to frame it i would probably like to have it this way to hang it.and even put a silver trim in the mask too..just haven't gotten that good in photoshop yet...i think all of our dads had this car like that when we were kids..lol..i remember one that was blue and white back in the 50s also..lol..

Dogman Loc: Michigan

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i hope you don't mind that i cropped this ..i love old cars and if i were to frame it i would probably like to have it this way to hang it.and even put a silver trim in the mask too..just haven't gotten that good in photoshop yet...i think all of our dads had this car like that when we were kids..lol..i remember one that was blue and white back in the 50s also..lol..[/quote]

As the song goes "What a difference a day makes." What a difference a crop makes! Great idea on the framing. Thanks!

Dogman

RoyLegrand Loc: Vancouver, Canada

Dogman wrote:

quote=RoyLegrand Actually I like the color depth ... (show quote)

Good shot anyway, Dogman!

RVDigitalBoy Loc: Clermont, Florida

Well, if you're not interested in post processing (and perhaps you should be) then I would have done the following:

1. Adjusted ISO to 400
2. Set camera mode to "A" (or "Av" in Canon, I think.
3. Set meter to spot meter and take reading from the blue paint of the car.
4. bracket exposures and merge later (Oops! post processing).

Dogman Loc: Michigan

RVDigitalBoy wrote:

Well, if you're not interested in post processing (and perhaps you should be) then I would have done the following:

1. Adjusted ISO to 400
2. Set camera mode to "A" (or "Av" in Canon, I think.
3. Set meter to spot meter and take reading from the blue paint of the car.
4. bracket exposures and merge later (Oops! post processing).

It's not that I'm not interested in PP, I've been using PS for several years. I want to lean how to take better images. I'm new to a dslr arena. Previous cameras were point and shoot. Thanks for the tips and I did have the camera set to Av, but I may have metered on the wrong part of the car.

Dogman

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

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Dback4430 wrote:

jerryc41 wrote:

Snapped this evening, in the shade, towards a setting sun. ISO 200 , Shutter 1/640, F/3.5. Too dark with the back light. What could I have done different to bring out the Ford's colors. Did not bring my speed light. Hand held Canon T1i.

Dogman

My dad would love to see this , He had one and I do believe that it was that color . Not sure . Thanks for sharing.

I shot these on Sunday, although it's not quite red and white.

RVDigitalBoy Loc: Clermont, Florida

My first car was a '58 ford station wagon. I was 16 and kept the back seat down with one of those blowup pool mattresses ...just to impress my friends with the implications.

Dogman Loc: Michigan

I shot these on Sunday, although it's not quite red and white.[/quote]

Beautiful automobile, for sure. My father had a 55 and a 56 and seeing the grill shot on the 56 reminded me of the hours I spent with chrome cleaner, an old t-shirt, cleaning those grills. Had to if I wanted to borrow one of them for a few minutes.

Dogman

Wendy2 Loc: California

I don't think anyone asked this, but what was your ISO? With a higher ISO you would have been able to capture the car nicely,but the bits of sky would probably have been even more blown out. Small price to pay to get the main image and colors and shadows brighter.